Terrorism Prevention and Response
Because American cops are on the front lines in counterterrorism, the Terrorism Prevention and Response topic page is updated with news and information to protect the homeland from all enemies, foreign and domestic.
Most of the advances in tactics, techniques, procedures, equipment and training have come about in response to attacks that exposed weaknesses in police preparations
A significant rise in homegrown extremists and domestic terrorists means there must be a shift in how state, local and tribal LE agencies assist in countering threats
Does releasing the name of an officer who shoots a suspected terrorist attacker put him or her in danger of terrorist retribution?
FBI confidential informant Shaheed Hussain — code-named Malik — was an invaluable asset to law enforcement’s takedown of four would-be terrorists
The threat was phoned in to local police from a hotel room in nearby Alameda
Hezbollah probably understands that a serious terrorist attack or series of attacks on U.S. soil could result the type of military campaign launched against al Qaeda — and Lebanon is far easier to strike than Afghanistan
Paul Rockwood, aka “Bilal,” converted to Islam and began studying the teachings of American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki
Among the projects and programs funded are a Joint Hazard Assessment Team and Joint Terrorism Task Force; satellite radio communications system; and hazardous materials training
No trial date has been set for Adis Medunjanin, who entered the plea during a brief appearance in federal court in Brooklyn
Shaker Masri told an FBI informant that he planned to go to Somalia and help al-Qaida
Recorded Future scans social networks, blogs, and websites to find relationships, organizations, actions and incident data related to topics like terrorism
The phones have been used by drug dealers who want to mask their identities, and more recently by alleged terrorists
They just have to do so the old-fashioned way, with a pen and paper
Video shows alleged terrorist Faisal Shahzad saying he planned a “revenge attack” on the US
Two armed and masked men also hijacked a bus and said they had an explosive device
A 67-page glossy of photos and text is an online recruitment tool for English-speaking jihadists
One pilot says TSA agents are like ‘mall cops who engage in a form of theater that suggests security but doesn’t deliver’
Investigators believe Adnan Shukrijumah met with the would-be suicide bombers
Arkansas Public Defender Commission to pay for Abdulhakim Muhammad’s attorney
Say their son was traveling to Egypt to meet a 19-year-old Swedish Muslim he planned to marry
In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled that even well-intentioned aid to terrorist organizations is likely to backfire
Faisal Shahzad brings an abrupt and expedited end to a case that reached from New York to Pakistan
The hour-long lockdown at McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst has been lifted
One’s record includes arrests for aggravated assault and possession of a knife on school property
Killed at a police training camp in Kandahar
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